MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
issues
relating to open
educational resources
and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
advances in
e-learning make it possible for
humans
all over the world
to take part in classes via the Internet.
MOOC classes are
ordinarily free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
issues that
online education institutions
must deal with
today because online learning technology is
developing so fast.
How can participants
assure that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
respectable?
How can participants
certify that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online courses?
What different strategies are being used by
institutions like
UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes?
What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal?
How can educators
manage issues like
low
student motivation and high
attrition?
As distance learning becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to gain a better understanding of how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Public servants
and numerous other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
open education
undertakings.
Everybody wants
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
growing
desire for
facts
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
provides a critical analysis of
massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects.
This exciting new book
also considers the
most important controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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